The Steamship Company are hoping that all passengers due to travel on Mondays cancelled Scillonian can be re-accommodated to their ‘Skybus’ service.
Continued bad weather forced the Scillonian to remain docked at the Albert Pier, Penzance, as a combination of tides, rough seas and increasing wind speeds made it unsafe to risk a voyage.
The decision will have meant that all the Company’s aircraft, several ‘Islanders’ and a ‘Twin Otter’, will have had to fly on an almost continuous Schedule. This will have been a welcome mishap for many ‘Scillonian III’ passengers as journey times will have been reduced by several hours.
Late on Monday afternoon, one of BIH’s two helicopters, ‘Foxtrot Juliet’, developed a technical fault, reducing the service to one helicopter. Some delays were due to mount into hours, meaning flying would have to be extended until well after 8 P.M.
The cancellation of Monday’s sailing rounds off a difficult weekend for the ‘Scillonian’, Saturday seeing an early return trip at 2 P.M to avoid a bad spell of weather which took hold on Saturday evening. As the Scillonian is now on her winter Schedule, the next sailing will be on Wednesday the 23rd.